Lucy’s in training—I won’t see her for three weeks. I feel like a basketball player without a basketball. I’m guessing she is wondering, what the heck? For ten months, she has been the center of my schedule and the reason I greet mornings with the sunrise. But, she needs to stop, come, and heel so we can live in harmony and she doesn’t run off to get hit or lost. She is no … [Read more...]
Week one with puppy Lucy
I walked into the Kennel on August 10th and found Lucy, my new ShihTzu puppy, in a crate waiting for me to take her home. She was lying on a small blanket, and when she looked up at me with her little black eyes, I had a new understanding of love at first sight. After one week, I am entertained and exhausted instead of lonely and bored. Backing up a bit, I prepared for … [Read more...]